Leptothorax aveli pici

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Leptothorax aveli pici
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax aveli)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leptothorax aveli pici
Bondroit, 1918

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Temnothorax aveli.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • pici. Leptothorax aveli var. pici Bondroit, 1918: 128 (w.) FRANCE. Junior synonym of aveli: Plateaux & Cagniant, 2012: 430.

References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 271, Combination in Temnothorax)
  • Bondroit, J. 1918. Les fourmis de France et de Belgique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 87: 1-174 (page 128, worker described)
  • Plateaux, L. & Cagniant, H. 2012. Quelques synonymies dans le genre Temnothorax Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 117 (4), 427-440.